How to stop my cat from stealing human food
Cats can become relentlessly determined to eat everything from baked goods to soup, forcing owners to physically lock up pantry items just to keep them safe. This constant scavenging behavior makes it nearly impossible to leave meals or snacks unattended around the house.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Refusing to give them human food
- 2Hiding food or keeping it out of unattended areas
- 3Giving in occasionally to small safe pieces or letting them lick wrappers
- 4Hiding bread in cupboards or secure containers
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“We adopted a cat last month and she has made herself at home (yay) she has now decided she is dead set on eating human food. We have not let her of course but she has tried to get the following from me: -tomato soup, waffles, white bread, eggs, cupcake and sausage.”source ↗
“We have to hide bread in our house or it end of on the floor, bag muched on by a cat then destroyed by dogs.”source ↗
Where this came up
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